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Getting ready for another season

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 1:07pm

The Icon photographed this scene just south of U.S. 30, on the Allen County line as a farmer applied anhydrous ammonia (NH3), which is nitrogen in a useable form for plants. The crop is most likely corn. This is at least three-fourth of the total nitrogen used for this crop for this year.

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Pirate seek initial win

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:51am

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton baseball team went hitless in a 10-0 loss at Delphos Jefferson in the Northwest Conference opener Thursday evening.

Two Wildcat pitchers combined to hurl a six-inning no-hitter. Braylon Scalf threw 3 1/3 hitless innings, followed by 2 2/3 no-hit innings from Tanner Vorhees. 

Scalf struck out seven Pirates and walked none, while Vorhees walked two and whiffed a pair.

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Lady Pirates blast Wildcats, win NWC opener

Lauren Swartzlander cracked 1 double, 3 singles,1 RBI to help pace the Lady Pirate onslaught
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:48am

By Cort Reynolds
DELPHOS - The visiting Bluffton softball team mustered a season-best offensive outburst to win its Northwest Conference opener handily 19-7 over Delphos Jefferson Thursday evening.

Bluffton improved to 1-5 overall and 1-0 in the NWC with their first win. Meanwhile, Delphos Jefferson dropped to 1-8 and 0-1 in NWC play with the lopsided loss.

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Sports
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This week's list

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 9, 2021 - 9:22am

Several new “Help Wanted” advertisements are now listed on Bluffton and Ada Icons. Check Icon Classified Ad pages at: www.blufftonicon.com/classifieds.

New opening are added to this list daily. Businesses interested in listing positions available should contact [email protected].

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Business
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Library focus of Friday's chamber morning meeting

Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 2:57pm

Jessica Hermiller, Bluffton Public Library director, will update Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce members on the activities of the library this year.

She will speak at the 7:30 a.m., Friday, Apruil 9, Zoom chamber meeting. Several updates from chamber members are also on the agenda.

For the link to the Zoom meeting contact Paul Scott, chamber CEO, at [email protected]

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Regional news
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Icon book review: The Four Winds

Robert McCool writes: "This new book exhibits the power of her prose that's present that's in all of her writing"
Posted by Fred Steiner on April 8, 2021 - 1:56pm

Review by Robert McCool
Kristin Hannah does  it again.

I've gone back and read every one of Kristin Hannah's (The Nightingale, The Great Alone) novels, and this new book exhibits the power of her prose that's present that's in all of her writing.

In “The Four Winds” (ISBN 978-1-64358-823-0) the strength of her protagonist is the strength exhibited in all of her female characters. The strength to carry the weight the world, and sometimes that means the whole family, upon her shoulders.

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